Overview
- Deals with the environmental footprints of packaging materials and systems
- Presents LCA studies (Environmental and Organizational) pertaining to packaging materials
- Discusses about the sustainable design of packaging materials and systems
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes (EFEPP)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book presents detailed discussions concerning the environmental footprints of various packaging systems and materials, life cycle assessments of packaging, sustainable design of various packaging systems and materials, as well as the biodegradation of various packaging materials.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as a global sustainability consultant, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled,” Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags” He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 6 books of chapter and over 25 scientific books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Environmental Footprints of Packaging
Editors: Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu
Series Title: Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-913-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-287-911-0Published: 17 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1236-5Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-981-287-913-4Published: 06 November 2015
Series ISSN: 2345-7651
Series E-ISSN: 2345-766X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 192
Number of Illustrations: 35 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Management, Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology, Operations Management, Industrial and Production Engineering, Sustainable Development